College Leadership Team

College Officers

Myrtle E.B. Dorsey

Chancellor
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314-539-5150

As the chancellor of St. Louis Community College, Myrtle E.B. Dorsey serves as the chief executive officer of a multi-campus college system consisting of four campuses offering more than 100 career and transfer academic programs. Prior to joining STLCC in June 2011, Dorsey served as chancellor of Baton Rouge Community College for nearly nine years. Under her leadership, Baton Rouge Community College obtained accreditation and reaffirmation of accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Dorsey currently serves as chair of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) Board of Directors, after serving as chair-elect for 2010-11. She serves on the AACC's 21st Century Commission on the Future of Community Colleges. Dorsey represented the organization at the first White House Summit on Community Colleges in October 2010. She also is a member of the executive board for the State Networks of the American Council on Education's Office of Women in Higher Education.

Vice Chancellor for Finance and Business Services
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Donna Dare

Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs
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314-539-5288

Donna Dare was appointed vice chancellor for academic and student affairs in May 2009. Dare serves as the college’s chief academic and student services officer and will be responsible for the overall planning, development, coordination, evaluation and continuous improvement of the college’s academic and student services functions and programs. She provides districtwide oversight of the college’s curriculum- and student-related policies, processes, systems and records. She also oversees articulation of courses and programs, assessment of student learning outcomes, and institutional and instructional resources. Dare joined the college in June 2005 as the district's director of career and technical education. She served three years as dean of communications, education, humanities and fine arts at Richland Community College. She also taught at Richland, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale and Millikin University. Dare earned her Ph.D. in education from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. Her bachelor's and master's degrees in English are from SIU-Carbondale.

J. Craig Klimczak

Vice Chancellor for Technology and Educational Support Services
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314-539-5436

Craig Klimczak was named vice chancellor for technology and educational support services in September 2003. He oversees the districtwide technology infrastructure including academic support initiatives, education and training, technical standards, telecommunications, information system security, and customer service and support. Prior to joining STLCC, Klimczak served as the chief information officer at the University of Missouri at Kansas City and as the director of university telecommunications for the University of Missouri system. He holds a doctorate in veterinary medicine from Louisiana State University and a master's degree in computer science from the University of Missouri at Columbia. Klimczak has led the TESS division through the steps of the Show-Me Challenge to assess and improve the division's service to the college. Klimczak was named an honorary commander of 375th Airlift Wing at Scott Air Force Base in August 2005, is the Missouri Steering Committee representative for the Midwest Higher Education Compact Technology Committee, serves on the Rural High Speed Internet Task Force appointed by former Gov. Matt Blunt, and represents higher education on the MOREnet Council.

Roderick Nunn

Vice Chancellor for Workforce and Community Development
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314-539-5321

Roderick Nunn was appointed vice chancellor for workforce and community development in October 2008. Nunn serves as the institution’s chief economic development officer. He provides strategic direction for the development and management of talent acquisition, talent development, resource and economic development assets in response to the needs of business and community partners. He also directs departments and services such as the Center for Business, Industry and Labor; continuing education programs; the Employment and Training Center, which serves specialized populations such as laid-off workers and disadvantaged adults; and the Office of Institutional Development, which investigates grant opportunities and acquires resources for the college. Nunn previously served as Missouri’s first director of education and workforce innovation and as director of the Missouri Department of Economic Development’s Division of Workforce Development. He has extensive background in leading multi-million dollar business/industry-based education and training programs in Missouri and Illinois. He also has earned national and state recognition for creating and implementing innovative workforce solutions. Nunn holds a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Illinois at Springfield, and a bachelor’s degree in music from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. He also completed the Program for Senior Executives in State and local Government at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Marcia Pfeiffer

President, Florissant Valley campus
314-513-4208

Marcia Pfeiffer was named president of the Florissant Valley campus in December 2002, after serving as interim president the previous 11 months. She joined the Florissant Valley faculty in 1980 as a faculty member, then served as department chair from 1986 to 1993. While serving as the district's Tech Prep coordinator for three years, she was responsible for founding the St. Louis Area Tech Prep Consortium. She served as associate dean for business and human development for four years, and as executive dean from July 2000 until January 2002. Under Pfeiffer's leadership, the Emerson Center for Engineering and Manufacturing was constructed and opened, and the Florissant Valley campus was selected for the Gateway to College replication project. Pfeiffer earned her Ph.D. in education leadership and policy studies from the University of Missouri-St. Louis and has bachelor's and master's degrees from Kansas State University. She attended the 2001 Management and Leadership in Education Program at Harvard University. Pfeiffer is a member of the Missouri Biotechnology Association Board of Directors and serves as the secretary of the MoBIO Board Executive Committee.  She is the immediate past chair of Missouri Community College Association Presidents and Chancellors' Council. She serves on the Nerinx Hall High School Board of Directors, North County Incorporated and the North Star District of the Boy Scouts. Pfeiffer is a registered and licensed dietitian. She and her husband, Ed, have two daughters.

Cynthia Hess

President, Forest Park Campus
314-644-9743

Cynthia Hess was named president of the Forest Park campus in March 2010. She most recently served as the executive vice president and chief academic officer at Craven Community College in North Carolina, a position she held since 2005. Located in eastern North Carolina, Craven Community College has campuses in New Bern and Havelock. Under Hess’ leadership, the college was successfully reaccredited, and revitalized its processes of employee appraisal, program review, and assessment of student learning outcomes. Reorganization in 2009 reduced administrative layers and provided for greater funding for faculty positions. During Hess’ tenure, program offerings expanded, with particular emphases on health care and advanced manufacturing. Prior to her work in North Carolina, Hess held academic leadership positions for 10 years at Tulsa Community College, a multi-campus system in Oklahoma, where she served as provost of the Northeast campus, dean of instruction at the West campus and liberal arts chair at the Southeast campus. She also served for two years as the assistant department head for general education at Oklahoma State University’s Technical Branch in Okmulgee, Okla. Hess holds a doctorate of education in higher education administration, a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction, and a bachelor’s degree in English, all from Oklahoma State University.

George Wasson

President, Meramec campus
314-984-7763

George Wasson was appointed president of the Meramec campus in March 2011. He served as Meramec’s acting president from April through August 2010, when an interim president was named. Prior to his appointment as president, Wasson served as Meramec’s vice president for academic affairs. He developed a plan for establishing the new Center for Teaching and Learning, facilitated the digitalization of the communications lab and worked with the challenge of severe space limitations in the face of student enrollment expansion. Wasson joined the Meramec staff in 1985 as an economics instructor, and became the business administration/economics department chair in 1994. He also served as the acting dean of Meramec’s business division for one year before taking the position of vice president for academic and student services at Wildwood when the new campus opened in 2007. Wasson currently is working toward a doctorate in management, community college policy and administration at the University of Maryland’s University College. He holds both master’s and bachelor’s degrees in economics from Indiana University.

Pam McIntyre

President, Wildwood campus
636-422-2240

Pam McIntyre was appointed the first president of the Wildwood campus in February 2008. She joined the STLCC staff in 1986 as the manager of the South County Education Center of the Meramec campus; she was then the dean of continuing education and special programs at the Meramec campus. Under McIntyre's leadership, the South County Education Center and University Center and the new Wildwood campus were opened. McIntyre received her master’s degree in education from St. Mary's College and bachelor’s degree from Mundelein College. She also attended the Institute for the Management of Lifelong Education at Harvard University. McIntyre has received recognition from various organizations, including a Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Service to the Kirkwood Area Chamber of Commerce and a Certificate of Leadership from the YMCA at the Leader Lunch XVII which honored working women for their special efforts and achievement. 

Leadership Team Members

DELANCEY SMITH
Director of Communications
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314-539-5141I

DeLancey A. Smith, former president of Ervin Marketing Creative Communications, was appointed STLCC's director of communications in July 2010. Smith was employed by Ervin Marketing for nearly 20 years, including seven years as vice president and 13 as president. Based in St. Louis, Mo., Ervin Marketing is a full-service marketing and communications firm whose clients include packaged goods marketers, consumer goods companies, healthcare providers, financial services, the U.S. Military Entrance Processing Command, real estate developers and educational institutions. Smith previously served five years as vice president/general manager for Innervision Productions Inc., a subsidiary of Busch Creative Services Corp. in St. Louis, the largest commercial media production company in St. Louis after its acquisition by Anheuser-Busch. He also was employed for five years by Busch Creative Services Corp. as the manager of video communications services. Smith, who holds bachelor's and master's degrees in English from Kansas State University, also taught English for nine years at STLCC's Meramec campus. His professional and civic activities include board membership with the St. Louis Advertising Club, membership in the Association for Corporate Growth, and committee work for the
St. Louis Bi-State chapter of the American Red Cross. He is a past officer of the Clayton (Mo.) Chamber of Commerce, the St. Louis chapter of the International Television Association and the New Theatre.

YVONNE HELBERG
Administrative Associate to the Chancellor & Leadership Team
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314-539-5150